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. 2017 Aug 23;12(8):e0182254. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182254

Table 1. Expected characteristics of six planned Andean dams.

Dam Country River MWa Basin Areab,
103 km2
Reservoir
Areab, km2
Reservoir
Volumeb,
108 m3
Inflow,
108m3y-1
Angosto del Bala Bolivia Beni 1600 69.8 1,048 200 646c
TAM 40 Peru Ucayali 1286 123.6 n.a. n.a. 1,337d
Pongo de Aguirre Peru Huallaga 750 69.4 n.a. n.a. 941d
Pongo de Manseriche Peru Marañón 4500 114.2 7204 7,420 1,582d
Rositas Bolivia Grande 400 59.2 241 125 95c
Inambari Peru Inambari 1500 18.3 319 158 487e

a [2, supplemental data].

b estimated here, using dam location, specified reservoir surface elevation and SRTM–DEM [60]; water inflow = measured discharge at dam site.

c [18].

d [61], inflow for TAM40 dam estimated from discharge measured at Lagartos gauging station, corrected by ratio of basin areas above these sites, assuming similar runoff.

e B. Forsberg, unpublished data

n.a. = not available.